February 2004
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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February 2004 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Tuesday, February 4, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology Conference Room (L5095) | "Design and Diversity in Bacterial Chemotaxis" | Christopher Rao, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley | Carolyn Doski, (860) 679-3565 |
| Wednesday, February 4, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Molecular Pathogenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma" | Jack R. Wands, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Director, Liver Research Center and Division of Gastroenterology, Brown University | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, February 5, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology | Genetics and Developmental Biology Conference Room (E2036) | "The Cytoskeleton and Signal Transduction: A Computational Study of Possible Mechanisms" | Yinon Shafrir, Ph.D., National Cancer Center, National Institutes of Health | Carolyn Doski, (860) 679-3565 |
| Tuesday, February 10, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Melanopsin-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells: Novel Photoreceptors Involved in Non-Image-Forming Visual Functions" | Samer Hatter, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "New Insight Into Sex Determination" | J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D., Irving S. Cutter Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Wednesday, February 11, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Co-sponsored by the Division of Endocrinology and the Center for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Cardiovascular Phenotypes of FGF2 Knockout Mice" | Thomas Doetschman, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine | Anna Curtin, (860) 679-3484 |
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology | Link Room (CG076A) | "Integrative Modeling of Spatial Self-organization in the Cytoskeleton and Cell Signaling" | Ivan Maly, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Carolyn Doski, (860) 679-3565 |
| Friday, February 13, 2004 | 11:00 A.M. | Center on Aging | Center on Aging Conference Room (ASB2) | "Preliminary Results: Physician Survey on Dementia Care" | Dr. Richard Fortinsky, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Grace Nadeau, (860) 679-4559 |
| Friday, February 13, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | UConn Cancer Center | Link Room (CG076A) | "Recent Research in Gastric Cancer" | Scott Wadler, M.D., F.A.C.P., Professor of Medicine, Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Oncology, Head, Solid Tumor Service, Weill Medical College of Cornell University | Christine Kaminski, (860) 679-1173 |
| Friday, February 13, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Mechanism of deubiquitination in yeast" | Alexander Amerik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Surgical Research Center (l1099) | "To be announced" | Jane Kerstetter, Ph.D., R.D., University of Connecticut (Storrs) and Donna Casseria, MS, RD, CD-N, Yale New Haven Hospital | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, February 17, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Enhancing ITD-Based Extents of Laterality at High Frequencies: The Use of 'Transposed Stimuli'" | Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Tuesday, February 24, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The rise and fall of HIF-1: genetic studies of the physiology of hypoxia" | Randall S. Johnson, Ph.D., Molecular Biology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday, February 24, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Molecular mechanisms that regulate the light response in the rod photoreceptor cells of the mammalian retina" | Ana Mendez, Ph.D., Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |
| Thursday, February 26, 2004 | 11:00 P.M. | Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology | Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Conference Room (L2034) | "Genes involved in matrix formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms" | Lisa Friedman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School | Stephanie Smail, (860) 679-2513 |
| Thursday, February 26, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Molecular Genetics of Human Polycystic Diseases" | Stefan Somlo, M.D., Departments of Internal Medicine and Genetics, Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Friday, February 27, 2004 | 11:00 A.M. | Center on Aging | Center on Aging Conference Room (ASB2) | "Allergic Airway Disease: A Model for Asthma" | Dr. Carol Wu, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Grace Nadeau, (860) 679-4559 |
| Friday, February 27, 2004 | 1:00 P.M. | Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology | Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Conference Room (L2034) | "Killing the Messenger: Ribosome Pausing and mRNA Cleavage" | Christopher S. Hayes, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Stephanie Smail, (860) 679-2513 |